Sharʿi Ruling on Social Relations and Eating with an Agricultural Bank Employee
Taken from: Aḥkām wa Masāʾil – Masāʾil al-Buyūʿ, vol.1, p.389
❖ The Question
What do the scholars say about a man employed in the Agricultural Bank, who as a scribe of interest transactions is considered accursed according to ḥadīth?
- What is the ruling for his relatives?
- Can they maintain relations with him?
- Is it permissible to eat and drink with him?
❖ The Answer
Al-ḥamdu lillāh, waṣ-ṣalātu wa-s-salāmu ʿalā Rasūlillāh, ammā baʿd:
✔ Relatives are permitted to maintain ties with him.
✔ They may give him gifts from their side.
✖ However, it is not permissible to accept anything from him, nor to eat the food of his household.
❖ Reason
- His earnings are from ḥarām sources, as he is involved in writing interest-based contracts.
- In ḥadīth, even the scribe of ribā (interest) has been cursed.
- Thus, his income is unlawful, and benefiting from it is impermissible.
❖ Additional Guidance
- His relatives should continuously advise and remind him, encouraging him to repent sincerely and leave this impermissible employment.
✅ Conclusion:
Maintaining family relations is allowed, but consuming from his unlawful earnings is not permissible until he abandons this ribā-based job.
ھذا ما عندي والله أعلم بالصواب
